| prologue | Introduction portion of certain books |
| In the prologue, shakespeare tells his audience what they are to expect in the play. Why do you suppose Shakespeare chooses to use this technique? | He try to make it more enthusiastic, it would make it more exciting and it makes the audience more curious. |
| What does the term “star cross’d lovers” suggest? | It means that they are meant for each other, their stars crossed and they fell in love; something bad will happen |
| Do u think this prologue is necessary or unnecessary? | Now a day’s it’s not necessary but back then it was, but now we can just look on the back of the book. |
| What were Sampson and Gregory discussing in the first eleven lines of this scene? | They are talking about the Montague’s |
| Y is the prince angry? What is the promise and threat that he makes? | for fighting in his town, he’s going to punish them. |
| Y did Romeo miss the fight? What is the problem that he describes to Benvolio | He took a walk, he’s upset, the problem is his love (not Juliet) |
| What does Benvolio suggest that Romeo do? | He suggests that Romeo look at other girls |
| The entire dialogue between Benvolio and Romeo seems to rhyme. what form is used? | End Rhyme, Couplets |
| What literary terms are illustrated here: love is a smoke raises with fume of sighs; Being purg’d, a fire sparkling in lovers’ eyes; being vex’d, a sea nourished with lovers’ tears:…” | Iambic pentameter, metaphor, hyperbole, enstocked, ellipse, Allusion, Anaphora, parallelism. |
| Scene 2: What does Paris ask of Lord Capulet? | If he can marry her. |
| What is Capulet’s response? | “My daughter hasn’t done that so give her 2 summers.” |
| What does Benvolio continue to suggest to Romeo as a way to get over his lost love? Give specific examples from the text. | he needs to look at other girls. |
| “Take thou same new injection to thy eye, and the rank poison of the old will die.” interpret these lines. What does the poison foreshadow? | look for new opportunities and girls, and your old sad thoughts will go away. It foreshadows how he poisons himself. |
| Juliet will turn 14 on Lammas-eve, what is the lemmas-tide the women speak of? | It is a fort night and odd days. “A Havest feast during the fall Aug. 1, first ripe grains were blessed by the priest, July 31st is her birthday. |
| Y does Romeo say he is unable to dance? | He has a soul of lead which holds him down. He’s still sad. |
| How do the Montague’s expect to be able to enter a Capulet house without being recognized? | wearing masks, masquerade. |
| What does Mercutio’s Queen Mab speech reveal about his character? | That he is a lier, and he lied about that dream, exadurates a lot. |
| What is Romeo’s misgiving and what does the line “some consequence, yet hanging in the stars” have to do with his feeling of dread? Discuss the theme this quote illustrates? | She is a Capulet and he’s a Montegue; Because they are destined and fate, but they can’t be together because they are different, theme is acceptance. |
| Romeo asks a servingman who Juliet is. Quote what Romeo says to describe the girl. | act 1 scene 5 lines 46-55, summary= love at first sight |
| What is Tybalt’s reaction when he hears Romeo’s voice? | He is surprised, mad because the Montagues are there. |
| What does Lord Capulet say to Tybalt in reference to Romeo’s attendance at the party? | He told him to leave him alone because he is doing no harm. Veronica says he is a well covered youth. |
| Romeo and Juliet have a conversation and then kiss. How does the audience know that Juliet feels as strongly about Romeo as he does for her? | She tells the Nurse that she loves an enemy. |
Romeo and Juliet prologue + Act 1
November 21, 2019